Day: March 12, 2020
Suspended managing director challenges removal of board chairman
By KARO JESSE SUSPENDED managing director and chief executive officer of the National Airports Corporation (NAC) Richard Yopo is challenging the decision of Civil Aviation Minister Lekwa Gure and former […]
Ex-project co-ordinator keen on reviving farms
By HEZRON KISING A FORMER rice project co-ordinator in Komo-Margarima, Hela is supporting the government’s move to prioritise agriculture and urging it to revive previous rice projects that were stopped […]
CS to look at producing food for prisons, market
CORRECTIONAL Services (CS) is to put more emphasis on developing prison operations, says CS Minister Chris Nangoi. He said their focus would be to build detainee technical skills to supplement […]
Big push for education
By PETER WARI PRIME Minister James Marape says a lack of formal employment or formal engagement in the mainstream economy is a common issue in the country. He said the […]
Workshop advocates support for Wash projects
By ESTHER KAUGA THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) held a two-day workshop in Port Moresby under the joint European Union initiative known as the Water, Sanitation and […]
UN official condemns violence against women
VIOLENCE against women is not a strength but a weakness, says United Nation (UN) Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed. Mohammed was welcomed by cheering crowds in Tari, Hela, during her […]
Policy on waste needed
By SAMUEL BARIASI THE Government needs to have a proper waste policy in place to address challenges with waste management in the country, University of PNG vice-chancellor Prof Frank Griffin […]
Plastic pollution challenging
THE biggest challenge that the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (Cepa) is facing with waste management is fighting plastic pollution, an official says. Cepa renewable resources division director John Michael […]
Six grassroots human security projects to be funded by Japan
THE JAPANESE Embassy conducted a signing ceremony with six recipients of grant funding through Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). This was the first GGP ceremony for […]
Central passes K117mil budget
By BOURA GORUKILA THE Central government debated and passed a K117million 2020 budget yesterday, at the provincial headquarters in Konedobu. Central Governor and chairman of finance, planning, works and infrastructure […]